EBS Object Types - Forms

A component of Oracle Fusion Middleware used to develop and deploy Forms applications. The Forms applications provide a user interface to access Oracle Database in an efficient and tightly-coupled way. The applications can be integrated with Java and web services to take advantage of service oriented architectures (SOA).

Object Type Identification

Files with the extensions .fmb, .fmx are included regardless of location

File Extensions

Name	Description
.fmb	A module, specifically, a Forms module binary file, created by Forms Builder. It uses Oracle for its back-end database
.fmx	A compiled form.

Object Type

Name	Code
Forms	FORM

Object Type Attributes

Name	Code	Description	Default Value	Supported Values
Source	SOURCE	Object Source Location Type	SCM	SCM
Target Location	TARGET_LOCATION	Path to where the file should be deployed to.	$<PROD_TOP>/forms/
Stage Location	STAGE_LOCATION	Path to where the file is staged.	$AU_TOP/forms/
Country	COUNTRY	Specifies the current country of the session.
Module Type	MODULE_TYPE	Specifies the type of module to make from the Form.	FORM	FORM \| LIBRARY \| MENU
Compile All	COMPILE_ALL	Package compile preference.	special	special \| YES \| NO
Additional Parameters	ADDITIONAL_PARAMS	Optional parameters to supply to the FNDLOAD command.
Classpath	CLASSPATH	Specifies the location of classes and packages.	$FORMS_PATH:$AU_TOP/forms/:$XXHR_TOP/forms/:$AU_TOP/resource/:
File Permissions	FILE_PERMISSIONS	Permissions to apply to the file after it is deployed	Defaults to the project property FDEBS_FILE_PERMISSIONS

Related Project Properties

Name	Code	Description	Default Value
Forms Root Source Directory	FDEBS_FORMS_ROOT_SOURCE_DIR	Source folder for Forms (e.g. Form).	forms
Forms Root Stage Directory	FDEBS_FORMS_ROOT_STAGE_DIR	Stage directory for form files (fmb). (e.g. $XXAR_TOP/forms).	$AU_TOP/forms
Forms Root Destination Directory	FDEBS_FORMS_ROOT_DESTINATION_DIR	Target directory for form files (fmx). (e.g. $XXAR_TOP/forms).	$<PROD_TOP>/forms
Forms Classpath	FDEBS_FORMS_CLASSPATH	Set the classpath if needed for Forms compilation.
File Permissions	FDEBS_FILE_PERMISSIONS	Target File Permission. Will be set to target file after deployment using chmod. eg: 755

Sample Build Commands

N/A - Build commands not supported for this type.

Sample Deploy Commands

cp "$SOURCE_FILE" "$AU_TOP/forms/US/";
export FORMS_PATH=$FORMS_PATH:$AU_TOP/forms/US/:$XXHR_TOP/forms/US/:$AU_TOP/resource/:;
frmcmp_batch $AU_TOP/forms/US/AKDATTRS.fmb $FDEBS_DB_USER/$FDEBS_DB_PASSWORD output_file=$XXHR_TOP/forms/US/AKDATTRS.fmx compile_all=special